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The Uvalde News. (Uvalde, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Uvalde, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sabinal Weekly Sentinel. (Sabinal, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 24, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Sabinal, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 24, 1898
Creator:
Sevier, Hal
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelope or Bag Machine
Patent for a machine "for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like wherein the blank which is to form the envelope or bag is automatically fed into the machine at its receiving end by a suitable feeder and is folded and gummed on its way through the machine, being finally delivered in a marketable condition at the delivery end of the machine" (lines 10-17).
Date:
June 24, 1890
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Car-Brake.
Patent for a new and improved electric car-brake. This design "consists in a car-brake formed of a pinion attached to the car axle, the pinion taking in a ratchet-wheel provided with a projecting pin, that enters into the slots of a wheel provided with a sleeve, upon which the brake chain is wound, which sleeve can be moved on the axle by means of a lever that is actuated by a rod passing into a helix connected with a battery to the locomotive" (lines 11-19).
Date:
February 24, 1880
Creator:
Conover, Philip Vorus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History